A Designer Updates a 1971 Home by Celebrated Washington Architect Moritz Kundig

Designer Josh Hissong had been looking for a lot in Spokane, Washington, where he could build a home for himself, his wife, Shiva, and their new baby when one of his employees sent him a text with instructions: "Click on this link and buy this house." The 1971 post-and-beam structure had fallen into disrepair, and the yard was, as Josh recalls, "a mess." But the couple loved its modernist lines and quickly made an offer.